WHITE OR WHITISH FLOWERS 
Clammy Azalea {Rhododendron viscosum). Heath family. 
June, July. 
A branching shrub bearing large (sometimes two inches long), 
fragrant, showy flowers in clusters, appearing after the leaves; 
corolla clammy, irregularly five-lobed. Leaves oblong to in- 
versely egg-shaped, short-stalked. Swamps, especially near the 
coast. Resembles R. nudifiorum, illustrated on page 207. 
Mountain Laurel {Kalmia latijolia). Heath family. May, 
June. 
This shrub makes a fine showing in the spring on the hillsides. 
Flowers (white or pinkish, three-fourths to one inch broad) in 
large clusters ; corolla saucer-shaped, five-lobed, with ten stamens 
and long style. Leaves thick and shiny. Named for Peter Kalm, 
a pupil of Linnseus. 
Labrador Tea ( Ledum groenlandicum) . Heath family. 
May, June. 
A shrub a few feet high; branches woolly; flowers small; five 
petals. Leaves evergreen, stiff, oblong, edges rolled back, under 
side rusty. Swamps and woods, especially northward. 
Groundsel Tree (Baccharis halimifolia) . Composite family. 
September onward. 
A shrub with maximum height of nine feet. The delicate - 
flowers are borne in scattered heads or panicles, pistillate and 
staminate on different plants, the former with slender tubular 
corolla and long down (pappus). The leaves are inversely 
egg-shaped, stalked. Near coast. Named in honor of Bacchus, 
though this was not the plant to which the name was originally 
applied (Britton and Brown) . 
Chokeberry (Pyrus arhutifolia, var. atropurpurea) . Rose 
family. March to May. 
This shrub, three to six feet high, bears small flowers at 
the top. Five rounded petals; stamens red-tipped. Leaves 
oblong or inversely lance-shaped. Woods, etc. 
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